Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>]

On 12/17/2010 2:51 AM, Steve Schultze wrote:
> Negotiating
> these terms with each municipality was the price that companies had to
> pay for monopoly access to local markets.

I've seen it apply to CLEC access into a market as well; running as a 
true CLEC and not just borrowing LEC lines.

Deals can include anything, including profit sharing, free service to 
the municipality, etc (and can be very bad if your negotiator is poor).


Jack